citizen. noun citÂ·iÂ·zen \Ësi-tÉ-zÉn also-sÉn\. Tweet. : a person who legally belongs to a country and has the rights and protection of that country. : a person who lives in a particular place.itizen is preferred for one owing allegiance to a state in which sovereign power is retained by the people and sharing in the political rights of those people. subject implies allegiance to a personal sovereign such as a monarch.
Primary biliary cirrhosis, also known as primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), is an autoimmune disease of the liver. It is marked by slow progressive destruction of the small bile ducts of the liver, with the intralobular ducts and the Canals of Hering (intrahepatic ductules) affected early in the disease.
PBC Disease Stages. Although four (4) typical stages of evolution have been defined, the disease initially is focal with considerable overlap between stages in any one case. First is inflammation of the medium-sized bile ducts and chronic inflammation of the portal tracts. Granulomas may be found.